17 Weeks

First of all, do I look abnormally large in this picture for 17 weeks? I sure think I do. I haven’t even hit 5 months yet! Although, I am getting close since I’m two days from hitting the 18-week mark.

I’ve been feeling good now. I still have some aversions to smell, such as when Joe eats seafood, but other than that things are going well. One thing I’ve noticed is that I don’t get up as much at night to go to the bathroom, yet I feel like I’m living in there during the day. Weird. Oh, and I’m getting sores on the sides of my mouth, which I’m assuming is from the fact that I can’t breathe through my nose anymore (thank you, allergies and pregnancy hormones) and have to breathe through my mouth when I sleep. Blah.

We’re looking forward to our appointment next week. I don’t know if they’ll do the anatomy scan then, since it will be 19 weeks, or the week after our vacation, which is 21 weeks. After that scan, we’ll finally get back to going in once a month. Hooray. I’m looking forward to having a more normal pregnancy with (hopefully) no more complications.

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I had “pregnancy induced” sinus problems, too, and there is one nose spray you can use as long as its formula is oxymetazoline hydrochloride 0.05% nasal decongestant. Also just looked it up online and Vitamin B6 (or insufficient levels) may be causing your mouth sores. Hope this is helpful. I couldn’t breathe for just about the entire 9 months and only found out about the “safe” nasal decongestant years later… Wish I’d known then!

You may FEEL rather large (I felt like a blimp), but you look great, seriouly, you look wonderful. Funny how smells can really rock you when you’re pregnant. The smell of chicken really did me in, and normally I love chicken. Enjoy month number 8.